2 Kings 6:13

¶ And he said, Go and spy where he [is], that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, [he is] in Dothan.

And he said {H559}, Go {H3212} and spy {H7200} where {H351} he is, that I may send {H7971} and fetch {H3947} him. And it was told {H5046} him, saying {H559}, Behold, he is in Dothan {H1886}.

He said, "Go and see where he is, so that I can send and bring him here." They told him, "He's in Dotan."

So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him.” On receiving the report, “Elisha is in Dothan,”

And he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 37:17 (5 votes)

    And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

  • John 11:47 (3 votes)

    Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

  • John 11:53 (3 votes)

    Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.

  • Psalms 37:12 (2 votes)

    The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

  • Psalms 37:14 (2 votes)

    The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of upright conversation.

  • Psalms 10:8 (2 votes)

    He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

  • Psalms 10:10 (2 votes)

    He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.